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ellisonz

(27,711 posts)
Sun Dec 11, 2011, 10:21 PM Dec 2011

Occupy Honolulu Targets Hyatt Hotel in Waikiki

By Sanjeev Ranabhat 12/10/2011

Occupy Honolulu protesters made a scene in Waikiki on Saturday afternoon, marching through the streets and surprising hotel guests by carrying their anti-corporate message into the lobby of the Hyatt Regency.

The rally was to celebrate International Human Rights Day. The protesters peacefully marched from the corner of Kalakaua Avenue and Kuhio Avenue to the Hyatt, where they did a “mic check” inside the hotel.

Calling the Hyatt Recency Hotel in Waikiki “one of the most abusive employers in the hotel industry," Occupy protesters said the hotel has violated the human rights.

"They refuse to provide safe workspaces for hotel housekeepers ... and they insist on outsourcing and subcontracting work,” protesters chanted. Occupy members also called out the hotel for being owned Goldman Sachs and the Pritzker family — both part of the 1 percent, they said.

http://www.civilbeat.com/articles/2011/12/10/14185-occupy-honolulu-targets-hyatt-hotel-in-waikiki/

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Occupy Honolulu Targets Hyatt Hotel in Waikiki (Original Post) ellisonz Dec 2011 OP
I think marching from Waikiki to the Kahala Hilton would be a good thing ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2011 #1
Hehe... ellisonz Dec 2011 #2

ProgressiveProfessor

(22,144 posts)
1. I think marching from Waikiki to the Kahala Hilton would be a good thing
Mon Dec 12, 2011, 03:31 PM
Dec 2011

Yes I know that is no longer its name, but I am old school.

It would shake up the neighborhood with a lot of 1%ers

ellisonz

(27,711 posts)
2. Hehe...
Mon Dec 12, 2011, 04:12 PM
Dec 2011

That's not a bad idea, although it is a bit of a walk, maybe 6 miles. How about from Kahala Mall, up to Black Point Road, and then to the Hotel and back to the mall...and then up Hawaii Loa Ridge (out of breath).



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